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Noooo! A bird crapped on the Turbo

Old Jun 19, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Noooo! A bird crapped on the Turbo

Took the Turbo out for a drive the other day and didn't notice there was some bird droppings on the front bumper and fender.

Parked it a day or two then noticed it. I hosed the car down and got the droppings off, but I fear it has done it's damage. The paint underneath is not glossy.

What is the best/easiest way to fix this?

Car is red for what it's worth.
 
Old Jun 19, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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Phone Carn, may need a little wetsand. Sometimes you just get unlucky and you get some really nasty poop.
Pics will help too.
 
Old Jun 19, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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Most of the time bird poop will just cut the clear coat. If you are confident then wet sand with 2000 or 2500.Wheel it with a wool pad and some fine compound,then a foam pad with scratch remover, then foam pad with glaze , and then wax.Rarely have I had to repaint and area from poop!!!If you are not comfortable doing it yourself then let a professional detailer do it for you . Good luck.
 
Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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Wouldn't using a machine to try buff it out work?

Damn birds! I'm going to cut down that tree in my driveway

I'll leave it to Carn to fix then. Not going to guinea pig the car, especially not the Turbo!

Thanks for the responses anyways guys.
 
Old Jun 19, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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reminds me of this

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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 02:33 AM
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Carn will try machine polishing first, hopefully that will do it, but if the clear coat has been damaged he will need to sand a little. Hopefully its not so serious. Any anyways he needs to reapply LSP to that panel too.
 
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I hope you can get those droppings off. Damn birds. And for some people they sing............
 
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 11:39 AM
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Always try the least agressive method first, as most detailers will tell you. I'd be tempted to try some Meguiars #205 by hand on a foam pad first; just to see how it does. Step it up to a random orbital polisher if that fails. Good luck.

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that'll buff right out ....






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